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The informer, who gave evidence by videolink, said he had given
hundreds of thousands of dollars to Strawhorn after selling
ingredients used to make amphetamines to the Bandidos motorcycle
club.

He said police had told him he would go to jail for drug
trafficking unless he co-operated in helping to catch other
criminals.

The informer, known as 4/199, said Strawhorn, a former detective
senior sergeant at the disbanded drug squad, had been interested in
having him sell chemicals to criminals that could be used in making
amphetamines.

The aim was to get the amphetamines and for police to shut down
the laboratories making them. In return, 4/199 would get a "good
word at court".

The informer said he got drugs and cash from the Bandidos in
return for drugs supplied by Strawhorn and another policeman,
described as Strawhorn's right-hand man.

He said Strawhorn arranged for him to receive cold tablets or
pure pseudoephedrine to sell to the Bandidos. The amphetamines sold
wholesale for about $80,000 a kilogram.

The informer said he was not making money, because he had costs,
and he was passing money on to Strawhorn and the other
policeman.

He said Strawhorn told him in late 2000 or early 2001: "If you
speak to ESD (ethical standards department) I'll f---in' kill
you."

The informer said he stopped delivering chemicals to the
Bandidos when they finally got "busted", and later did some work on
(the now dead) alleged criminal Lewis Moran, whom police had
described as their "ultimate goal".

Strawhorn, 49, has pleaded not guilty to five counts of
trafficking pseudoephedrine, one in a commercial quantity, between
October 28, 1999, and May 19, 2000.

He has also pleaded not guilty to making a threat to kill a
police officer who was investigating police corruption.